Along Came a Spider

A painting created for the Enchanted Visions Project monthly theme of the same title.

Inspiration from the folklore demon "Joro Gumo" from my native country, Japan. She is a lady of the night by day, a giant man-eating spider by night. I made her into an 'oiran' (a high-end prostitute) all decked up in fine silk kimono and with an ornately decorated hairstyle. Note her obi is tied in the front because of the nature of her daytime job. She is captured here in the sunset when the day ends and the night begins -- a dangerous hour for any unsuspecting man that happens to come her way.

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Thank you. I'm originally from Japan, and there are a lot of fascinating folklore and ghost stories. "Joro Gumo" is such a femme fetale. When I was given the prompt of "Along Came a Spider", she immediately came to my mind. I knew I would have a very distinct piece at the Enchanted Visions for this one.

Dark side is not something I am at by my default setting lol, but I can certainly go there if I wanted to. I was wanting to do something dark a couple of weeks ago, but then something else tugged at my heart and I just went with it. I'm currently working on a piece called "Thep Kinnaree", a mythical half-bird/half-human creature from Buddhism. ^_^